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KELLOGG-SPLIT

Snap, crackle, pop: Kellogg to split into 3 companies

Kellogg Co., the maker of Frosted Flakes, Rice Krispies and Eggo, will split into three companies focused on cereals, snacks and plant-based foods. Kellogg’s, which also owns plant-based food maker MorningStar Farms, said Tuesday that the spinoff of the yet-to-be named cereal and plant-based foods companies should be completed by the end of next year. The cereal and plant-based food companies will remain headquartered in Battle Creek, Michigan, where Kellogg was founded in 1906. The snack company __ which accounts for 80% of Kellogg’s sales __ will have its corporate headquarters in Chicago. Shares of Kellogg rose almost 2% to $70.15 Tuesday.

MICHIGAN STATE-SALARY

Michigan State sued over failure to release big donor deals

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A newspaper is suing to try to force Michigan State University to release agreements with two donors who are helping pay the salary of football coach Mel Tucker. The Detroit Free Press says Michigan State won’t give up the documents, citing privacy. Attorney Herschel Fink says the deals clearly fall under the state’s public records law. Michigan State has acknowledged that Matt Ishbia and Steve St. Andre have donated money to help meet a 10-year, $95 million contract for Tucker. The Free Press lawyer says the public has a right to know what promises were made to get the donations. Michigan State declined to comment on the lawsuit.

HOMEMADE BOMB-MICHIGAN

Authorities: Homemade bomb found along Newaygo County road

NEWAYGO, Mich. (AP) — A homemade bomb has been found along the side of a road in western Michigan. The Newaygo County sheriff’s office says the device was put in a bucket and taken Monday to the Newaygo Police Department by the person who found it. It later was taken to another location and detonated. Authorities found no other devices after searching the area where the bomb initially was found. Newaygo is northwest of Grand Rapids.

CAPITOL RIOT-INVESTIGATION-JOHNSON

Wisconsin’s Johnson under heat for fake elector revelation

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Evidence revealed at the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection shows that an aide for U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson told former Vice President Mike Pence’s staff that the Republican from Wisconsin wanted to hand-deliver fake elector votes from Wisconsin and Michigan. That revelation Tuesday led Johnson’s Democratic opponents in Wisconsin to call for his resignation. Johnson’s spokeswoman Alexa Henning downplayed the texts, but did not deny that Johnson had wanted to hand-deliver the slate of fake electors to Pence. She calls it a “staff to staff exchange” and said no action was taken after the back and forth.

AP-US-CAPITOL-RIOT-INVESTIGATION-TAKEAWAYS

Jan. 6 takeaways: Trump’s state playbook; ‘hateful’ threats

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection is turning to former President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on state and local officials to overturn his 2020 election loss. In its fourth hearing this month, the panel is examining how Trump focused on a few swing states, directly urging officials to decertify President Joe Biden’s victory or find additional votes for himself. That campaign was part of a larger scheme that also involved dozens of lawsuits, pressure on Department of Justice officials and, eventually, lobbying Vice President Mike Pence to reject Biden’s win at the congressional electoral count on Jan. 6.